Status of sericulture farming with special reference to Umarkhed Taluka in Yavatmal district (M. S.)

Abstract In India, agriculture is performed over years from ancient times and recently it contributes 20.2% of total country’s GDP. Along with agriculture for the continuous income, source farmers prefer sericulture. In India 52360 villages, perform the sericulture for their economy. Sericulture, which is originally started from China, nowadays it is growing in the corners of India. In the background of this Maharashtra is the second rank holder state, as the 9790 farmers has planted mulberry crop for the cocoon production. From these 269 farmers are performing sericulture on the 207-acre land in Yavatmal district. It means that the share of the district in the total development of the sericulture is near about 5-6% in the state. The present study focus on the sericulture farming in the district including all taluka present over here. The primary and secondary data is collected for the better understanding of the current scenario. Primary data is collected by visiting sericulture plants in taluka and the secondary data is collected through reports publish by Divisional office of sericulture, Yavatmal Government of Maharashtra. The article mainly focus on the sericultural activities, features, status of the sericulture farm along with the mulberry planation and problems which are faced by the farmers.